Beverley Bergen

Beverley Bergen (née Hamberton) is a New Zealand soprano opera singer.[1]

In 1966, Bergen won the Stella Murray Memorial Prize in a contest organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society in London.[2] She toured with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on a number of occasions in the 1970s and 1980s.[3][4][5] Bergen also performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in the 1980s.[6][7]

In 2000, Bergen hosted an 8-episode television series Aria & Pasta, in which opera stars performed arias and prepared pasta dishes.[8]

Personal life

Bergen married English conductor Anthony Hose; their daughter Tushka Bergen was born in London in 1969.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Meet the listener: Beverley Bergen, 2012-05-15, retrieved 2018-05-12
  2. ↑ "N.Z. soprano criticised by judges | National Library of New Zealand". natlib.govt.nz. 1966-11-18. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  3. ↑ "NZResearch.org". nzresearch.org.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. ↑ specified, Not (1976-01-01). "New Zealand Symphony Orchestra :[Concert programmes and related ephemera, 1976. Folder 1. January-March 1976] | National Library of New Zealand". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. ↑ specified, Not (1975-01-01). "New Zealand Symphony Orchestra :[Concert programmes and related ephemera, 1975. Folder 1. January-February 1975] | National Library of New Zealand". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  6. ↑ "AusStage". www.ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  7. ↑ "Bennelong : a music-theatre work for puppets, soprano, tenor and chamber orchestra by Barry Conyngham and Murray Copland : Work : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  8. ↑ "Aria & Pasta". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  9. ↑ The A to Z of Australian Radio and Television. Scarecrow Press. 2009. p. 52.
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